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Wade: IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,
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THERE ARE RUMORS
OF A DEADLY FISH.
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[ MOANING ]
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IT LURKS UNSEEN IN THE EERIE
WATERS OF THE OKAVANGO DELTA...
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THERE ARE LARGE ANIMALS
UNDER THE WATER
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MAKING THESE REALLY SHAKE.
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...A KILLER
WITH SHARKLIKE TEETH.
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THERE ARE STORIES
OF IT HUNTING IN PACKS...
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Janssen:
THEY ARE KILLING MACHINES.
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...FEEDING IN FRENZIES
ON SCHOOLING FISH...
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THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
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...AND EVEN ON DROWNING HUMANS.
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IT'S THE MOST BRUTAL THING
YOU'LL EVER WITNESS.
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IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WORK OF
GIANT SOUTH AMERICAN PIRANHAS.
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BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT
HERE IN AFRICA.
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[ REEL CRANKING ]
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OR IS THERE?
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MY NAME IS JEREMY WADE.
FISH ON!
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AND MY MISSION IS TO ENTER
THIS MYSTERIOUS WORLD
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TO TRACK DOWN AND CATCH
THIS MURDEROUS RIVER MONSTER.
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[ SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
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I RECENTLY HEARD A STORY
ABOUT A SMALL FERRY
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THAT OVERTURNED
ON A RIVER IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.
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[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
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THE BOAT WAS OLD AND OVERLOADED
WITH CARGO AND PASSENGERS.
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WHEN IT STARTED
TAKING IN WATER,
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THE CHILDREN PANICKED...
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[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
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...AND THE BOAT FLIPPED.
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APPARENTLY,
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS...
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AND RUMORS CIRCULATED THAT
THE VICTIMS DIDN'T JUST DROWN.
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THEY WERE ATTACKED.
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WHEN THE BODIES WERE RECOVERED,
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THEY WERE FOUND
TO BE PARTIALLY EATEN.
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[ MOANING ]
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PEOPLE AT THE TIME SAID
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THAT THE VICTIMS HAD BEEN EATEN
BY FISH.
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OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER,
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SAID IT COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN FISH.
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LARGER PREDATORS
MUST HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE.
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CROCODILES AND OTHER KILLERS
LIVE HERE IN ABUNDANCE,
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BUT THE LOCALS ARE CONVINCED
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THAT THE SIZE AND NUMBER
OF BITE MARKS
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COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE WORK
OF THESE USUAL SUSPECTS.
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SO COULD THOSE ORIGINAL ACCOUNTS
HAVE BEEN CORRECT?
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COULD THERE BE
A PACK-HUNTING FISH,
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SIMILAR TO A PIRANHA,
LIVING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA?
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IT SOUNDS HARD TO BELIEVE,
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BUT I'VE HEARD EQUALLY
FANTASTICAL STORIES IN THE PAST
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THAT HAVE TURNED OUT
TO BE TRUE...
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LIKE A MAN SWALLOWED WHOLE
BY A GIANT FISH...
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A BUS CRASH WHERE PASSENGERS
WERE DEVOURED BY PIRANHAS...
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[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
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...AND FISHERMEN HAVING
THEIR GENITALS MUTILATED
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BY AN UNDERWATER HUNTER.
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SO EVEN THOUGH I'VE CAUGHT
MY SHARE OF MONSTERS IN AFRICA,
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I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS
A PIRANHA-STYLE KILLER.
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BUT I HAVE LEARNT
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THAT FISHERMEN'S TALES
SHOULDN'T BE IGNORED.
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SO I'M OFF TO INVESTIGATE
A RIVER SYSTEM
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THAT'S SAID TO BE
THE HOME OF THIS KILLER,
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TO SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT IS AND THEN CATCH IT.
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BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN
IN THIS REGION BEFORE,
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SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.
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I'M AT THE OKAVANGO DELTA
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,
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WHERE I'M HOPING
TO COME FACE-TO-FACE
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WITH THE RIVER MONSTER
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THAT MUTILATED THE PEOPLE
ON THAT FERRY.
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THIS PLACE IS KNOWN AS
THE JEWEL OF THE KALAHARI.
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IT'S A MIRACULOUS OASIS OF LIFE
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IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF
THE WORLD'S HARSHEST DESERTS.
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EACH YEAR, THE RAINS IN ANGOLA
FLOW DOWN THROUGH NAMIBIA,
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EVENTUALLY FLOODING NEARLY
6,000 SQUARE MILES OF LAND
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WITH OVER 380 BILLION
CUBIC FEET OF WATER,
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CREATING THE OKAVANGO DELTA.
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OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS,
IT SLOWLY RECEDES.
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BUT THE WATER THAT REMAINS
ATTRACTS LIFE FOR MILES AROUND.
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IT'S ALSO THE FOCUS
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
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AND WHERE HUMANS AND ANIMALS
ARE FORCED TOGETHER,
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CONFLICT IS INEVITABLE.
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[ MAN SCREAMS ]
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OUT ON THE WATER
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
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IT'S UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
TO ME,
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A CLAUSTROPHOBIC LABYRINTH
OF CHANNELS.
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I COULD EASILY LOSE MY WAY
AROUND HERE.
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I BEGIN MY INVESTIGATION
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BY TRYING TO CONNECT
WITH THE LOCALS
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TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY KNOW
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ABOUT THE RIVER'S
DANGEROUS OCCUPANTS.
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I STOP TO CHAT WITH A GROUP
OF REED COLLECTORS,
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AND THEY MENTION A FAMILIAR
SELECTION OF SUSPECTS.
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SO, IT'S THE CROCODILES AND
HIPPOPOTAMUSES IN THE WATER?
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YEAH, THEY'RE HERE.
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YEAH, YEAH.
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THIS IS REALLY -- YOU KNOW,
IT'S THE SAME STORY
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YOU GET IN LOTS
OF OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA --
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THE WATER IS DANGEROUS.
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AND THE THING YOU JUST HEAR
OVER AND OVER AGAIN --
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IT'S CROCODILES,
HIPPOPOTAMUSES.
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[ HIPPOPOTAMUS GRUNTING ]
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AS THESE TWO KILLERS
ARE SO BRUTAL AND VISIBLE,
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PEOPLE JUST ASSUME
THEY ARE THE CULPRITS
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IN EVERY UNEXPLAINED DEATH
ON THE WATER.
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BUT I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
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THERE IS A PACK-HUNTING
KILLER FISH DOWN THERE,
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RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME
OF THESE BRUTAL DEATHS,
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INCLUDING THE FERRY VICTIMS.
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I HOOK UP WITH SOME FISHERMEN
TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE CATCHING.
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IT'S VERY CLEAR
THIS IS A VERY RICH WATER.
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LOTS OF THESE THINGS IN HERE --
TILAPIA.
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THIS IS THE STAPLE FOOD SOURCE
FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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IN TERMS OF FISH,
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AND THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM.
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THEY'RE NICE FISH,
BUT -- NICE-LOOKING FISH
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BUT ALSO VERY TASTY.
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BUT I THINK I CAN BET
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THAT IT'S NOT ONLY PEOPLE THAT
ARE GOING TO BE ENJOYING THESE.
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THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER FISH
IN HERE, AS WELL,
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WITH TEETH, FEEDING ON THESE.
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THIS WATER IS BOUND TO HAVE
PREDATORS IN.
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I ASK AROUND
IF THERE'S ANYTHING
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THAT FITS THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE TOOTHY PACK HUNTER.
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AND ONE OF THE STORIES I HEAR
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IS OF A YOUNG MAN
WHO WAS ATTACKED
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WHILE WEARING A CRUCIFIX
AROUND HIS NECK.
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A PREDATOR IN THE WATER SPOTTED
THE MOVING, SHINING OBJECT...
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...AND WENT FOR IT.
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[ CREATURE GROWLS ]
[ SCREAMING ]
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APPARENTLY, THE MAN'S CHEST
WAS SLICED OPEN.
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[ MOANING ]
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THE LOCALS BELIEVE IT WAS
THE JAWS OF A PREDATORY FISH
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THAT INFLICTED THE DAMAGE.
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I'M TOLD THERE'S
AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING FISHERMAN
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NAMED CLIFFORD WHO MAY HAVE
MORE INFORMATION,
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AS HE, TOO, WAS BITTEN BY
A FISH IN THESE WATERS.
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THE FISH WE GOT,
I TRIED TO GRAB THE FISH,
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BUT I HIT IT IN THE TIP
WITH MY HAND,
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AND IT CLOSED DOWN.
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AND IS THIS THE MARK HERE?
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YES.
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WOW.
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I HAD 14 STITCHES.
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MY THUMB
IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING.
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SO, WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THIS FISH THAT BIT YOU?
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UNGWESH.
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UNGWESH? UM...
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THIS IS THE THING
WITH FISH NAMES.
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THE REASON WE HAVE
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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IS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT.
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THIS IS NOT A NAME
I'VE HEARD BEFORE.
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IT'S CLEARLY A PREDATOR.
IT'S TOOTHY.
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I'M ACTUALLY QUITE USED
TO SEEING PIRANHA BITES
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ON FISHERMEN IN THE AMAZON,
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AND YOU'RE NORMALLY TALKING
THERE SOMETHING SMALL --
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SOMETHING MAYBE,
AT THE MOST, AN INCH ACROSS.
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THIS IS, WE'RE TALKING,
2 1/2, 3 INCHES ACROSS,
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AND IT'S GOT A SORT OF --
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ALMOST A SORT OF
A TRIANGULAR PROFILE.
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BUT TO INFLICT A WOUND
LIKE THAT,
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IT'S GOT TO HAVE
VERY, VERY SHARP TEETH.
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THIS IS
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
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AND IT'S JUST LEFT
A PERMANENT SCAR.
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CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FISH
THAT DID THIS?
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WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
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WHAT IS THE MOUTH LIKE?
WHAT IS THE BODY LIKE?
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IT'S A LONG FISH
WITH SHARP TEETH...
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AND IT'S GOT STRIPES.
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THE TEETH, THEY ARE CLOSE.
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THEY INTERLOCK?
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ARE THERE A LOT OF THEM
IN THE WATER HERE?
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IS IT SOMETHING
YOU SEE VERY MUCH?
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DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY,
FEBRUARY,
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THE WATER IS CLEAR.
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YOU SEE SCHOOLS OF THEM --
LOTS OF THEM.
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SO, THE PICTURE
THAT'S EMERGING --
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IT'S NOT A SOLITARY HUNTER.
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THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT LIVES IN PACKS.
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CLIFFORD DESCRIBED THE WAY
THE TEETH WORK.
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THEY INTERLOCK.
THAT'S QUITE PIRANHALIKE.
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THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN PACKS,
THAT'S ALSO QUITE PIRANHALIKE.
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BUT THIS IS
THE WRONG CONTINENT.
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AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
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THERE'S NOTHING PIRANHALIKE
IN AFRICA.
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BUT THIS ACTUALLY SOUNDS
SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR,
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BUT POSSIBLY SOMETHING
EVEN MORE DRAMATIC,
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BECAUSE THE FISH ARE BIGGER.
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THE INDIVIDUALS CAN INFLICT
MORE VICIOUS WOUNDS.
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IF THIS UNGWESH IS A TOOTHY,
PIRANHA-STYLE PACK KILLER,
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THEN IT COULD BE THE MONSTER
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AT THE HEART
OF THAT FERRY INCIDENT.
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I NEED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IT IS,
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AND TO DO THAT,
I NEED TO CATCH ONE.
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I'M AFTER A PREDATOR --
A MEAT-EATER.
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SO I'VE GOT A PIECE
OF STEAK HERE, QUITE BLOODY --
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THE KIND OF THING THAT PIRANHAS
WOULD TEAR TO SHREDS.
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SO, QUITE A BIG HOOK.
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AND BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFTER
HAS PROBABLY GOT TEETH,
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I'M NOT USING JUST LINE
NEXT TO THE HOOK,
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'CAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BE
SLICED THROUGH.
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THIS IS WIRE.
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THIS IS LIKE 80-, 90-POUND
BREAKING-STRAIN WIRE.
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WITHIN SECONDS OF MY BAIT
HITTING THE WATER,
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IT'S GETTING SOME INTEREST.
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[ REEL CRANKING ]
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[ REEL CRANKING ]
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[ GASPS ] YEAH!
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OH! [ SIGHS ]
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COULD I ALREADY HAVE HOOKED THE
RIVER MONSTER OF THE OKAVANGO?
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FISH ON!
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I'M DEEP IN THE WATERY MAZE
OF AFRICA'S OKAVANGO DELTA,
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TRYING TO UNMASK THE IDENTITY
OF AN AGGRESSIVE FISH
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THE LOCALS CALL THE UNGWESH.
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THIS IS A STRONG FISH.
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A MEAT-EATER HAS TAKEN MY BAIT,
AND IT'S PUTTING UP A FIGHT.
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GLIMPSE OF THAT,
GLIMPSE OF THAT.
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I THINK IT'S SOME KIND
OF CATFISH.
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WOW.
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AAH!
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IT'S CLAMPING DOWN,
IT'S CLAMPING DOWN.
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IT'S A SHARPTOOTH CATFISH,
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AND IT'S GOT
SOME POWERFUL JAWS.
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00:11:21,267 --> 00:11:22,567
AH.
223
00:11:22,567 --> 00:11:25,000
THAT'S THE HOOK OUT,
WHICH IS NICE.
224
00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:33,567
SO, THIS IS A VERY VORACIOUS,
MEAT-EATING PREDATOR.
225
00:11:33,567 --> 00:11:35,133
THERE ARE TEETH IN THERE.
226
00:11:35,133 --> 00:11:36,767
HE DREW BLOOD ON MY HANDS.
227
00:11:36,767 --> 00:11:39,467
BUT THEY ARE --
THEY'RE SMALL TEETH.
228
00:11:39,467 --> 00:11:43,367
THESE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE
SHORT WORK OF A HUMAN CORPSE.
229
00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:46,933
BUT THE --
THE LOOK OF THAT CORPSE,
230
00:11:46,933 --> 00:11:49,933
IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT
FROM A BODY THAT'S BEEN BITTEN.
231
00:11:49,933 --> 00:11:53,100
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY
NOT WHAT I'M AFTER.
232
00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,567
AND THAT'S QUITE A THOUGHT.
233
00:11:54,567 --> 00:11:56,433
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
DOWN HERE
234
00:11:56,433 --> 00:11:58,600
WHICH IS EVEN MORE FEARSOME
THAN THIS.
235
00:12:01,567 --> 00:12:03,067
I HEAD BACK TO THE VILLAGE.
236
00:12:03,067 --> 00:12:05,200
I NEED SOME MORE
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
237
00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,267
IF I'M GOING TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MYSTERY.
238
00:12:07,267 --> 00:12:09,767
PEOPLE TELL ME THE UNGWESH
239
00:12:09,767 --> 00:12:13,500
IS DIFFICULT
AND DANGEROUS TO CATCH.
240
00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:14,900
BUT, ONCE AGAIN,
241
00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:18,100
IT'S THE LARGE, VISIBLE
PREDATORS THEY TALK ABOUT MOST.
242
00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,267
AND WHEN YOU SEE INJURIES
LIKE THESE,
243
00:12:20,267 --> 00:12:23,167
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY.
244
00:12:23,167 --> 00:12:24,767
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT WAS
THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
245
00:12:24,767 --> 00:12:27,933
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
246
00:12:31,267 --> 00:12:36,067
SO, THESE ARE...
INJURIES CAUSED BY CROCODILES.
247
00:12:36,067 --> 00:12:39,167
BOTH MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
WERE IN THE WATER,
248
00:12:39,167 --> 00:12:42,400
COLLECTING WATER-LILY BULBS.
249
00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:47,000
A CROCODILE UNDER THE WATER,
UNSEEN,
250
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,200
GRABBED THE DAUGHTER'S
LEFT HAND.
251
00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,800
[ SCREAMING ]
252
00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,133
[ SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
253
00:12:54,133 --> 00:12:56,333
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
254
00:13:01,367 --> 00:13:03,600
DAUGHTER OBVIOUSLY CRIES OUT.
[ SCREAMS ]
255
00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,900
MOTHER COMES TO HELP.
256
00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:09,033
AND AS SHE ATTACKED
THE CROCODILE WITH THE SICKLE,
257
00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:12,400
THE CROCODILE LET GO
OF THE DAUGHTER
258
00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,333
AND THEN WENT AFTER THE MOTHER.
259
00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:17,333
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
260
00:13:21,833 --> 00:13:25,000
THE CROCODILE ACTUALLY HAD
THE MOTHER'S ARM...
261
00:13:27,167 --> 00:13:29,067
...AND WAS FEEDING ON THIS.
262
00:13:29,067 --> 00:13:32,700
THEN, THE MOTHER WAS ABLE TO,
WITH HER REMAINING ARM,
263
00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:36,933
GATHER HER DAUGHTER AND TAKE HER
WHERE THEY WERE SAFE.
264
00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:42,700
I HAVE TO SAY THAT HEARING
HOW DANGEROUS CROCODILES ARE
265
00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:43,933
IS ONE THING,
266
00:13:43,933 --> 00:13:46,167
BUT ACTUALLY SEEING THE EVIDENCE
REALLY UNDERLINES,
267
00:13:46,167 --> 00:13:49,767
FOR ME, JUST HOW POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS THESE WATERS ARE.
268
00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:54,400
BUT THE VILLAGERS BELIEVE
269
00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,667
THERE IS A MAN HERE
WHO CAN HELP PROTECT THEM --
270
00:13:57,667 --> 00:14:00,167
THE WITCH DOCTOR.
271
00:14:00,167 --> 00:14:01,667
HE DOESN'T LOOK AS I EXPECTED,
272
00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:04,033
BUT I'M TOLD
HE'S A VERY POWERFUL HEALER
273
00:14:04,033 --> 00:14:07,133
WITH AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE FISH IN THESE WATERS,
274
00:14:07,133 --> 00:14:09,267
AS SOME OF THEM
HAVE DARK POWERS
275
00:14:09,267 --> 00:14:10,800
THAT AFFECT HIS MEDICINE.
276
00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,800
HE'S LISTED FOUR FISH --
277
00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:19,233
SOMETHING CALLED
THE BUCKIBITU, NAIRU,
278
00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:21,800
TUNI, WHICH I THINK IS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE BARBEL
279
00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,100
OR THE CATFISH,
280
00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,167
AND THEN, HERE AGAIN,
IS THIS FISH CALLED THE UNGWESH.
281
00:14:26,167 --> 00:14:30,033
SO, DO DIFFERENT FISH
HAVE DIFFERENT POWERS?
282
00:14:30,033 --> 00:14:33,033
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
283
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,200
SO, THE UNGWESH IS
THE MOST POWERFUL FISH.
284
00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,700
IF HE HAS EATEN THE UNGWESH,
285
00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:44,533
HE SAYS,
THE ILLNESS WILL MULTIPLY.
286
00:14:44,533 --> 00:14:47,333
IT WILL BECOME MUCH STRONGER
THAN IT WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
287
00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:49,500
AND FOR THIS REASON,
HE DOESN'T EAT UNGWESH.
288
00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:50,967
HE DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH IT.
289
00:14:50,967 --> 00:14:53,733
HE DOESN'T EVEN ALLOW IT
INSIDE HIS COMPOUND.
290
00:14:53,733 --> 00:14:57,133
I KNOW
YOU DON'T TOUCH THEM.
291
00:14:57,133 --> 00:14:59,433
BUT IS THERE ANY FISHERMAN
IN THE VILLAGE --
292
00:14:59,433 --> 00:15:01,467
ANYBODY HERE --
WHO COULD SHOW ME ONE?
293
00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:05,833
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
294
00:15:05,833 --> 00:15:08,700
OKAY,
SO, HE SAYS HIS DAUGHTER --
295
00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:11,500
NOT IN HERE,
BUT IF I GO OUTSIDE
296
00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,667
HIS DAUGHTER HAS GOT SOMETHING
THAT SHE CAN SHOW ME.
297
00:15:17,933 --> 00:15:20,833
HIS DAUGHTER BRINGS ME
WHAT SHE CALLS THE UNGWESH,
298
00:15:20,833 --> 00:15:23,433
BUT IT'S NOT
QUITE WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR.
299
00:15:27,733 --> 00:15:31,600
SO, THESE ARE THE TEETH
OF THE UNGWESH?
300
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,667
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
301
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,667
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT STRUCK ME,
FIRST OF ALL.
302
00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:39,200
IT WASN'T AS MUCH THIS.
IT WAS HIS REACTION.
303
00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,700
HE VISIBLY BACKED AWAY.
IT'S NOT JUST TALK.
304
00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:46,833
THESE ARE DEFINITELY POWERFUL
IN HIS BELIEF.
305
00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:49,833
DIDN'T WANT TO BE
ANYWHERE NEAR THEM.
306
00:15:49,833 --> 00:15:52,667
THEY LOOK ALMOST SHARKLIKE,
THESE TEETH.
307
00:15:52,667 --> 00:15:54,833
THEY'VE SORT OF CRUMBLED
A LITTLE BIT,
308
00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:57,333
BUT I CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE
VERY, VERY SHARP.
309
00:15:57,333 --> 00:16:00,033
BUT I'M STILL NO NEARER
VISUALIZING
310
00:16:00,033 --> 00:16:03,333
WHAT THE ENTIRE CREATURE
IS LIKE.
311
00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:05,100
[ BABY CRYING IN DISTANCE ]
312
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:06,433
[ THUNDER CRASHES ]
313
00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:08,867
IT'S A TANGIBLE CLUE, THOUGH.
314
00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:10,633
AND THAT EVENING, AS I WATCH
THE VILLAGERS PREPARE
315
00:16:10,633 --> 00:16:12,733
FOR A BLESSING CEREMONY,
316
00:16:12,733 --> 00:16:15,733
I FEEL I'M GETTING CLOSER
TO REVEALING ITS IDENTITY.
317
00:16:15,733 --> 00:16:17,167
[ DRUM PLAYS ]
318
00:16:17,167 --> 00:16:18,367
[ SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
319
00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:20,633
BUT WHEN THE WITCH DOCTOR
REAPPEARS,
320
00:16:20,633 --> 00:16:23,467
UNRECOGNIZABLE
IN HIS CEREMONIAL ATTIRE,
321
00:16:23,467 --> 00:16:28,000
I REALIZE I'M A LONG WAY
FROM UNDERSTANDING THIS PLACE.
322
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,900
HE SEEMS TO EXIST
ON THE CUSP OF ANOTHER WORLD.
323
00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:34,733
AND WITHIN MINUTES, HE'S WORKED
THE WOMEN INTO A FRENZY.
324
00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:39,867
TALK ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION.
325
00:16:39,867 --> 00:16:41,900
THE SERIOUS MAN I WAS TALKING TO
326
00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:45,500
AND THEN, JUST SUDDENLY,
THIS DANCING BALL OF ENERGY.
327
00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:46,500
INCREDIBLE.
328
00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:48,267
[ RHYTHMIC CLAPPING ]
329
00:16:48,267 --> 00:16:50,133
[ PEOPLE WHOOPING ]
330
00:16:50,133 --> 00:16:51,800
THE WITCH DOCTOR'S
TRANSFORMATION
331
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,067
IS NOT THE ONLY SURPRISE
OF THE EVENING.
332
00:16:54,067 --> 00:16:55,867
THE LADIES BRING OUT
THEIR BASKETS,
333
00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:58,233
WHICH THEY USE
FOR FISHING IN THE SHALLOWS.
334
00:16:58,233 --> 00:17:01,333
BUT THEY ALSO ASK ME
TO BRING OUT MY FISHING ROD.
335
00:17:01,333 --> 00:17:04,400
DO I SIT HERE?
OKAY.
336
00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,467
SUDDENLY, I'M AT THE CENTER
OF THEIR RITUAL.
337
00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:17,500
THE WOMEN ARE ACTUALLY GETTING
THEIR FISHING BASKETS BLESSED.
338
00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:20,700
AND I'VE SORT OF BEEN
SNUCK INTO THEIR NUMBER,
339
00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,800
MAYBE TO GIVE ME
A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION,
340
00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,867
GOOD FORTUNE IN MY QUEST
TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS FISH,
341
00:17:26,867 --> 00:17:28,400
THE UNGWESH.
342
00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:33,733
THEY SEEM TO FEEL THAT
IF I'M GOING AFTER THE UNGWESH,
343
00:17:33,733 --> 00:17:35,867
THAT I'M GOING TO NEED
ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
344
00:17:45,533 --> 00:17:50,400
THEN, AS QUICKLY AS IT STARTED,
THE CEREMONY ENDS.
345
00:17:54,933 --> 00:17:58,800
THE NEXT MORNING, I GO
WITH THE WOMEN, BASKET FISHING.
346
00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,333
I FIND IT'S OFTEN BY
347
00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:03,433
INTEGRATING
YOURSELF WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
348
00:18:03,433 --> 00:18:06,533
THAT THE BEST INFORMATION
COMES OUT.
349
00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:09,100
WHILE I'M DOING THIS,
LOOKING FOR FISH,
350
00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,600
CONCENTRATING ON
WHAT'S IN THE BASKET,
351
00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,933
I'M VERY AWARE THAT AROUND ME,
YOU'VE GOT WATER LILIES.
352
00:18:13,933 --> 00:18:15,133
AND THIS IS EXACTLY
353
00:18:15,133 --> 00:18:16,767
WHAT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
WERE COLLECTING
354
00:18:16,767 --> 00:18:18,200
WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED
BY THE CROCODILE.
355
00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,733
[ SCREAMS ]
356
00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:22,333
OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
357
00:18:22,333 --> 00:18:23,633
YEAH, YEAH.
358
00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:25,033
[ LAUGHTER ]
359
00:18:25,033 --> 00:18:26,767
I HAVE TWO -- I HAVE TWO FISH.
TWO FISH.
360
00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:28,200
TWO FISH?
YEAH.
361
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,033
[ CONVERSATIONS
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
362
00:18:32,033 --> 00:18:33,700
[ WOMAN LAUGHS ]
363
00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:35,933
THAT'S A RIVER MONSTER.
364
00:18:35,933 --> 00:18:37,733
[ WOMAN LAUGHS ]
365
00:18:37,733 --> 00:18:42,000
THE LADIES SCARE THE FISH
OUT OF THE WEEDS.
366
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,233
BUT INSTEAD OF ESCAPING
INTO OPEN WATER,
367
00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:46,200
THERE ARE BASKETS
WAITING FOR THEM.
368
00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,667
I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S VERY NICE
369
00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:49,633
TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS
OF FISHING,
370
00:18:49,633 --> 00:18:52,100
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
JUST SIMPLE MATERIALS
371
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,533
AND A BIT OF HUMAN COOPERATION
AND INGENUITY.
372
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,000
AND THERE WE ARE.
THERE'S THE FISH.
373
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,233
UH, WHERE DO I -- AAH! AAH!
374
00:18:59,233 --> 00:19:00,433
[ LAUGHTER ]
375
00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:02,767
OH, IT NEARLY GOT AWAY.
NEARLY GOT AWAY.
376
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:03,867
[ LAUGHTER ]
377
00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,900
SO, IN THE -- IN THE BUCKETS?
378
00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,833
YES.
379
00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:09,333
THAT'S ACTUALLY
AN IMPRESSIVE CATCH.
380
00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:11,133
THEY'RE NOT BIG,
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM.
381
00:19:11,133 --> 00:19:12,400
LOTS OF FISH.
382
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,100
BUT THE WOMEN ARE SAYING
THAT SOMETIMES AROUND HERE,
383
00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:16,400
IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND
384
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,133
LARGE CONCENTRATIONS
OF BIG FISH -- VERY BIG FISH.
385
00:19:19,133 --> 00:19:21,633
THEY SAY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
VERY OFTEN.
386
00:19:21,633 --> 00:19:22,933
IT'S HARD TO FIND,
387
00:19:22,933 --> 00:19:25,767
BUT THE WAY THAT I CAN FIND THAT
IS TO LOOK FOR THE BIRDS.
388
00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:28,033
THE BIRDS -- THE WATER BIRDS --
WILL TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE.
389
00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:30,900
THIS IS WHAT
I WAS HOPING FOR --
390
00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,133
A LITTLE PIECE
OF INSIDE INFORMATION
391
00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:35,467
WHICH COULD LEAD ME
TO THE KILLER FISH
392
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:38,533
THAT PROWL THESE WATERS.
393
00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:42,900
SO I HEAD OUT,
SCANNING THE HORIZON FOR BIRDS.
394
00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:46,833
AND AFTER A FEW HOURS,
I FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
395
00:19:46,833 --> 00:19:49,867
THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME EXCITEMENT.
396
00:19:49,867 --> 00:19:53,067
SOME OF THE BIRDS
SEEM TO BE QUITE EXCITED
397
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:54,733
BEHIND THESE REEDS HERE.
398
00:19:54,733 --> 00:19:57,733
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA SEE
IF WE CAN GO AROUND
399
00:19:57,733 --> 00:19:59,400
INTO THIS BIT OF A BACKWATER
400
00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,533
AND JUST SEE
WHAT'S CAUSING THAT.
401
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:05,133
THESE MUST BE THE WATER BIRDS
THAT THE LADIES SPOKE OF,
402
00:20:05,133 --> 00:20:07,467
BUT I CAN'T QUITE GET
TO WHERE THEY ARE.
403
00:20:07,467 --> 00:20:08,767
VERY FRUSTRATING.
404
00:20:08,767 --> 00:20:11,500
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON,
BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN,
405
00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:16,200
THERE'S A LOUD, SORT OF
SLAPPING, HOPPING SOUND.
406
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,867
AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING VERY DRAMATIC
407
00:20:18,867 --> 00:20:21,867
GOING ON UNDER THE WATER,
BUT I JUST CAN'T GET TO IT.
408
00:20:21,867 --> 00:20:25,100
I TRY TO FORCE MY WAY
INTO THE REEDS
409
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:28,600
TO SEE IF I CAN GLIMPSE
WHAT'S CAUSING THIS COMMOTION.
410
00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,700
BUBBLES IN THE WATER.
THESE REEDS ARE SHAKING.
411
00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:34,367
SOME QUITE LARGE ANIMAL
IS UNDER THE WATER
412
00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:38,000
MAKING THESE REEDS REALLY SHAKE.
413
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,100
COULD THIS BE A PACK
OF RIVER MONSTERS AT WORK?
414
00:20:52,567 --> 00:20:55,067
FIND OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS.
415
00:21:11,033 --> 00:21:14,267
I'VE FOUGHT MY WAY
INTO THE REEDS TO TRY AND SEE
416
00:21:14,267 --> 00:21:18,033
WHAT'S CAUSING
AN UNDERWATER COMMOTION.
417
00:21:18,033 --> 00:21:19,867
I SAW THESE LILIES SHAKING,
418
00:21:19,867 --> 00:21:22,167
AND THERE'S
A FEW LEFTOVER BIRDS.
419
00:21:22,167 --> 00:21:25,267
BUT THERE'S A SENSE THAT
THE ACTION HAS JUST MOVED ON.
420
00:21:25,267 --> 00:21:27,367
IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
I GOT TO THE EDGE OF IT.
421
00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:28,567
I SAW THE SHAKING WEEDS.
422
00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:30,367
I COULDN'T REALLY SEE
WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE,
423
00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:33,000
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
UNDER THE WATER.
424
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,867
IT JUST APPEARED
LIKE A LARGE COLLECTION
425
00:21:35,867 --> 00:21:39,967
OF PREDATORY CREATURES
IN THE WATER.
426
00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:41,967
BUT THEY MOVED.
427
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,833
THEY'RE VERY ELUSIVE, VERY
MYSTERIOUS, VERY FRUSTRATING.
428
00:21:45,833 --> 00:21:48,133
I REALLY WANT TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
429
00:21:48,133 --> 00:21:52,200
UNFORTUNATELY, THE REEDS ARE
TOO DENSE TO FOLLOW THE ACTION.
430
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,700
THEN, I REALIZE I'M NOT ALONE.
431
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:59,133
SO, THERE'S PEOPLE IN HERE,
AS WELL.
432
00:21:59,133 --> 00:22:01,033
THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON
433
00:22:01,033 --> 00:22:03,200
OR CERTAINLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA
THAN I DO.
434
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,533
BUT SHE'S JUST DISAPPEARED
IN A VERY THIN CHANNEL THERE
435
00:22:07,533 --> 00:22:08,967
BETWEEN THE WEEDS.
436
00:22:08,967 --> 00:22:11,967
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY,
IN THIS, I'M GONNA GO AFTER HER.
437
00:22:11,967 --> 00:22:15,233
BUT...
438
00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:18,767
SOME SORT OF SECRET THINGS
GOING ON HERE
439
00:22:18,767 --> 00:22:22,100
THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT.
440
00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:31,800
THE NEXT DAY, I'M PRIVILEGED
441
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,833
TO JOIN A 71-YEAR-OLD
VILLAGE ELDER NAMED DUBA.
442
00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:39,533
HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE
ON THESE WATERS.
443
00:22:39,533 --> 00:22:41,733
I'M HOPING HE CAN HELP ME
UNLOCK THE SECRETS
444
00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:43,967
OF THIS REED-FILLED LABYRINTH
445
00:22:43,967 --> 00:22:47,067
AND FIND THE KILLER FISH
AT ITS HEART.
446
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:52,800
DUBA IS ONE OF THE LAST
SAND RIVER BUSHMEN --
447
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,067
SOME OF THE MOST ANCIENT PEOPLE
ON EARTH.
448
00:22:57,067 --> 00:23:00,233
THEY HAVE FISHED THESE
EERIE BACKWATERS FOR THOUSANDS,
449
00:23:00,233 --> 00:23:02,433
IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS,
OF YEARS
450
00:23:02,433 --> 00:23:05,967
AND OWN THE TRADITIONAL
FISHING RIGHTS,
451
00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:08,100
SO IT'S ONLY
WITH DUBA'S PERMISSION
452
00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,533
THAT I'M ALLOWED TO BE HERE.
453
00:23:10,533 --> 00:23:14,867
AND WITHOUT HIS HELP,
I WOULD NEVER FIND MY WAY OUT.
454
00:23:14,867 --> 00:23:16,033
DUBA, CAN YOU TELL ME
455
00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:17,933
WHAT'S DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS PLACE?
456
00:23:17,933 --> 00:23:19,067
WHAT HAPPENS HERE?
457
00:23:19,067 --> 00:23:21,167
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
458
00:23:24,467 --> 00:23:26,667
SO, THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS PLACE
459
00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:29,467
IS THAT, TRADITIONALLY, THIS IS
WHERE THE DEAD WERE TAKEN...
460
00:23:29,467 --> 00:23:34,300
AND THEY WERE BURIED
UP TO THEIR NECKS.
461
00:23:35,733 --> 00:23:37,733
THE RAINS WOULD COME.
462
00:23:37,733 --> 00:23:39,833
THE RAINS WOULD THEN GO AWAY,
AND THE BODY WOULD BE GONE.
463
00:23:39,833 --> 00:23:45,500
AND THE PEOPLE WOULD BE
TRANSFORMED INTO PAPYRUS PLANTS.
464
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:49,433
THEY BELIEVE THESE FLOATING
SPIRIT PAPYRUS
465
00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:50,700
PROTECT THE LAGOONS,
466
00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:53,533
MOVING INDEPENDENTLY
AGAINST THE CURRENT
467
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,033
TO CLOSE THE CHANNELS
468
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:58,667
AND TRAP INTRUDERS
INSIDE THE LABYRINTH.
469
00:23:58,667 --> 00:24:00,467
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
470
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,900
SO, IF YOU COME HERE
WITHOUT PERMISSION,
471
00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:09,367
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT
472
00:24:09,367 --> 00:24:12,667
EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
THE WAY INTO THE LAGOON BLOCKED
473
00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:16,167
BY PAPYRUS -- YOU CAN'T GET IN,
YOU'RE PHYSICALLY KEPT OUT.
474
00:24:16,167 --> 00:24:19,167
IF YOU INSIST ON PUSHING
YOUR WAY THROUGH,
475
00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:20,900
THE PAPYRUS WILL CLOSE
BEHIND YOU,
476
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,700
AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND
YOUR WAY OUT.
477
00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:25,200
ALL THAT WILL BE FOUND
EVENTUALLY
478
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,833
IS JUST YOUR EMPTY CANOE.
479
00:24:28,833 --> 00:24:31,833
DUBA, I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
A FISH CALLED THE UNGWESH.
480
00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:34,000
IS THIS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS FISH?
481
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000
[ SPEAKING
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
482
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,333
THE UNGWESH IS A FISH
THAT IS -- IT'S VERY TOOTHY.
483
00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:48,967
IT'S GOT TEETH A BIT LIKE
A CROCODILE -- VERY SHARP.
484
00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:50,167
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW,
485
00:24:50,167 --> 00:24:52,400
FISHING FOR THEM,
TRYING TO FIND THEM,
486
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,267
I'VE ESTABLISHED THAT THIS PLACE
IS A SACRED PLACE,
487
00:24:56,267 --> 00:24:58,467
A HAUNTED PLACE, IF YOU LIKE.
488
00:24:58,467 --> 00:25:01,033
BUT WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS,
IT'S GOT A DEGREE OF PROTECTION.
489
00:25:01,033 --> 00:25:02,367
PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY COME HERE.
490
00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:03,767
SO I THINK, WHILE I'M HERE
491
00:25:03,767 --> 00:25:06,167
AND WHILE I'M SORT OF AUTHORIZED
TO BE HERE,
492
00:25:06,167 --> 00:25:07,433
I COULD DO A LOT WORSE
493
00:25:07,433 --> 00:25:09,667
THAN JUST PUT A LURE
THROUGH THE WATER
494
00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:12,233
AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING
DOWN THERE.
495
00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:21,700
IN THIS LAGOON, I'M TRYING
A SMALL FISHING LURE.
496
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:25,233
IF THE UNGWESH IS A PACK HUNTER
LIKE THE PIRANHA,
497
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:27,233
THEN A DISTURBANCE
NEAR THE SURFACE
498
00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:29,467
IS WHAT IT MIGHT GO FOR.
499
00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:31,833
OH, THERE'S A FISH, FISH,
FISH, FISH, FISH. WHOA.
500
00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:36,967
THIS FISH TOOK
ALMOST UNDER THE -- OOPS --
501
00:25:36,967 --> 00:25:39,700
UNDER THE ROD TIP --
502
00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:42,000
AN INDICATION OF HOW VORACIOUS
THE FISH ARE IN THIS WATER.
503
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,833
I MEAN, I'VE GOT ABOUT 4 FEET
OF LINE THERE.
504
00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:45,700
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LIFT IT
OUT OF THE WATER,
505
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:47,500
AND IT GRABBED IT.
506
00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,033
AND I'M JUST LETTING IT
TIRE OUT A BIT.
507
00:25:50,033 --> 00:25:53,967
I MEAN, THE CHANCES ARE IT'S GOT
TEETH IF IT WENT FOR THAT SPOON.
508
00:25:53,967 --> 00:25:55,833
SO, I'VE GOT BARE FEET IN HERE.
509
00:25:55,833 --> 00:25:57,567
I WANT IT A LITTLE BIT TIRED
510
00:25:57,567 --> 00:25:59,067
BEFORE I TRY AND SWING IT
IN THE BOAT.
511
00:25:59,067 --> 00:26:00,467
AY.
512
00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:08,733
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FISH.
VERY TOOTHY.
513
00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:11,633
THIS IS ACTUALLY
AN AFRICAN PIKE.
514
00:26:11,633 --> 00:26:13,500
SORT OF MOTTLED GREEN.
515
00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,167
THE COLOR IS ACTUALLY WRONG,
I THINK,
516
00:26:15,167 --> 00:26:16,667
FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT.
517
00:26:16,667 --> 00:26:19,333
BUT IF I JUST COMPARE THE TEETH
518
00:26:19,333 --> 00:26:22,567
WITH WHAT I WAS GIVEN
BY THE WITCH DOCTOR,
519
00:26:22,567 --> 00:26:24,567
ACTUALLY THE TEETH ARE VERY
DIFFERENT, VERY DIFFERENT.
520
00:26:24,567 --> 00:26:27,367
SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE QUITE A NICE
TOOTHY FISH TO CATCH, THIS,
521
00:26:27,367 --> 00:26:32,367
BUT I THINK WE CAN RULE THIS
OFF THE SUSPECTS LIST.
522
00:26:32,367 --> 00:26:38,200
SO THE HUNT FOR THE MUTILATOR
OF THE FERRY VICTIMS CONTINUES.
523
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,800
NICE-LOOKING FISH,
BUT IT'S NOT THE ONE I'M AFTER.
524
00:26:47,667 --> 00:26:50,233
I'M WORKING MY WAY
THROUGH THE FOOD CHAIN,
525
00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:53,400
BUT NOTHING YET MATCHES
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE UNGWESH.
526
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,567
AS WE NEAR THE LAGOON'S EXIT,
527
00:26:57,567 --> 00:26:59,667
I SPOT SOMETHING UNUSUAL
IN THE WATER.
528
00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,367
THERE'S AN OLD CANOE HERE,
529
00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:04,033
JUST UPTURNED
BY THE SIDE OF THE CANAL.
530
00:27:04,033 --> 00:27:06,167
I'VE BEEN HEARING
ALL THESE STORIES
531
00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:08,800
ABOUT HOW THIS IS NOT
A GOOD PLACE TO COME TO
532
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,500
IF YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION.
533
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,167
I HAVE TO ADMIT,
IT IS QUITE A SPOOKY PLACE.
534
00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:15,367
IT'S QUITE EASY TO DISMISS
THOSE STORIES.
535
00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:20,667
AND THEN WE COME ACROSS
A CANOE WITH NO OCCUPANT.
536
00:27:20,667 --> 00:27:23,133
JUST ADDS TO THAT GENERAL AIR
OF SPOOKINESS.
537
00:27:23,133 --> 00:27:28,267
YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE OWNER OF THIS CANOE.
538
00:27:30,267 --> 00:27:31,867
WITH MY SUSPECT LIST NARROWING,
539
00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:34,200
I HEAD OUT AGAIN
INTO THE MAIN CHANNEL,
540
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,867
KEEPING MY EYE OUT
FOR FLOCKS OF BIRDS.
541
00:27:37,867 --> 00:27:41,333
I DECIDE TO TARGET A DIFFERENT
PART OF THE WATER COLUMN
542
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:43,300
AS I SYSTEMATICALLY ZERO IN
543
00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:46,633
ON THE MYSTERY FISH
LOCALS CALL THE UNGWESH.
544
00:27:46,633 --> 00:27:49,967
THIS IS QUITE A WEIGHTED,
HEAVY LURE --
545
00:27:49,967 --> 00:27:52,000
HEAVY HEAD TO IT, THERE.
546
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,433
THE IDEA OF THIS IS,
IT GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM,
547
00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:59,267
WHICH TENDS TO BE WHERE
THE LARGER FISH MIGHT BE LYING.
548
00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:02,700
IT'S GOT A VERY ENTICING,
SORT OF WIGGLY ACTION.
549
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,433
AND IT'S JUST THE KIND OF THING
550
00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:08,600
THAT'S GOING TO ENTICE
A PREDATORY STRIKE.
551
00:28:18,767 --> 00:28:23,600
LET IT HIT THE WATER AND LET IT
SINK DOWN MAYBE 8 OR 10 FEET.
552
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,267
AND THEN JUST TWITCH IT.
553
00:28:25,267 --> 00:28:26,767
OH! THAT WAS SOMETHING.
554
00:28:26,767 --> 00:28:29,367
TWITCH. TWITCH.
555
00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:32,267
IT'S GOT THESE TRAILING
SORT OF TENDRILS,
556
00:28:32,267 --> 00:28:36,733
AND IT'S GOT THIS RUBBERY BODY
AND A LITTLE RATTLE, AS WELL.
557
00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:39,933
I THINK, IF YOU'RE A PREDATOR,
YOU SEE A MOVEMENT,
558
00:28:39,933 --> 00:28:43,700
YOU BITE FIRST
AND YOU ASK QUESTIONS LATER.
559
00:28:48,067 --> 00:28:50,500
ALL RIGHT, LET IT SINK.
560
00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,533
SINK, SINK, SINK.
561
00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:54,000
TWITCH.
562
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,367
TWITCH.
563
00:28:55,367 --> 00:28:56,800
TWITCH.
564
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:57,967
TWITCH.
565
00:28:57,967 --> 00:29:00,000
OH, I THOUGHT
I FELT SOMETHING THERE.
566
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,167
AND TWITCH.
567
00:29:01,167 --> 00:29:03,800
[ GASPS ] AND AGAIN.
568
00:29:05,867 --> 00:29:07,867
OH!
569
00:29:07,867 --> 00:29:10,300
TWITCH.
570
00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:24,133
OH!
571
00:29:24,133 --> 00:29:25,867
OH! YEAH! YEAH, YEAH!
572
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,033
HEY!
573
00:29:30,033 --> 00:29:32,100
WOW.
574
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:34,400
I THINK I'VE JUST SEEN
WHAT THE UNGWESH IS.
575
00:29:43,233 --> 00:29:44,900
Wade: OH, LOOK AT THAT!
LOOK AT THAT!
576
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,667
HE GOT ABOUT 4 FEET
OUT OF THE WATER.
577
00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:50,467
I'M HOOKED INTO A PREDATOR
IN AFRICA'S OKAVANGO DELTA.
578
00:29:50,467 --> 00:29:53,067
THE LINE'S SOUNDING
LIKE IT'S IN PAIN.
579
00:29:53,067 --> 00:29:54,600
IT'S SLICING THE WATER.
580
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,267
COULD IT BE THE UNGWESH...
581
00:29:56,267 --> 00:29:58,900
LONG, SILVERY,
HORIZONTAL STRIPES.
582
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:02,500
...THE PACK-HUNTING KILLER FISH
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR?
583
00:30:06,133 --> 00:30:07,100
AH.
584
00:30:12,067 --> 00:30:14,400
I THINK THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE
THE UNGWESH,
585
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:15,833
FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD.
586
00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,867
IT DEFINITELY FITS
THE DESCRIPTION.
587
00:30:17,867 --> 00:30:20,400
STREAMLINED FISH.
588
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,700
SILVERY COLOR, HORIZONTAL
BLACK STRIPES,
589
00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:27,767
AND UNMISTAKABLE, LARGE, SHARP,
INTERLOCKING TEETH.
590
00:30:27,767 --> 00:30:32,500
AND, WELL, I ACTUALLY
RECOGNIZE THIS AS A TIGERFISH.
591
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:33,633
THIS DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE
592
00:30:33,633 --> 00:30:35,133
IT'S BEEN DOING
A BIT OF HUNTING.
593
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:36,967
THAT BODY, ALTHOUGH ELONGATED,
IS QUITE --
594
00:30:36,967 --> 00:30:38,067
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FULL.
595
00:30:38,067 --> 00:30:39,633
IT'S BEEN FEEDING.
596
00:30:39,633 --> 00:30:43,133
AND THEN THOSE TEETH --
I MEAN, THAT IS --
597
00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:46,300
YEAH, THAT IS THE TOOTH
THE WITCH DOCTOR SHOWED ME.
598
00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:49,667
I THINK WE'VE GOT A POSITIVE
I.D. NOW ON THIS FISH, FOR SURE.
599
00:30:49,667 --> 00:30:52,433
SO, I'VE MATCHED THE TEETH
FROM THE WITCH DOCTOR
600
00:30:52,433 --> 00:30:54,967
AND IDENTIFIED THE UNGWESH.
601
00:30:54,967 --> 00:30:58,867
BUT IS IT REALLY A FISH
THAT ATTACKS IN FRENZIED PACKS
602
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:01,033
LIKE THE PIRANHA?
603
00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:03,133
I'VE CAUGHT A TIGERFISH
BEFORE --
604
00:31:03,133 --> 00:31:05,767
THE GOLIATH TIGERFISH --
AT THE CONGO.
605
00:31:05,767 --> 00:31:07,033
THERE WE GO.
606
00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:09,933
THAT FISH HAS THE SIZE
TO BE A KILLER...
607
00:31:09,933 --> 00:31:12,800
WHAT A FRESHWATER MONSTER
THIS THING IS.
608
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,067
...BUT IT WORKS ALONE.
609
00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:16,900
THE ONE I'M AFTER
HUNTS IN PACKS
610
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,800
AND CAN POTENTIALLY BRING DOWN
SEVERAL LARGE TARGETS AT ONCE.
611
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,200
[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
612
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,600
THE TYPE OF TIGERFISH
I JUST CAUGHT
613
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,400
IS A RELATIVE OF THE PIRANHA,
614
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,400
BUT IT CAN GROW
TO OVER 3 FEET LONG,
615
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,867
AND ITS AVERAGE WEIGHT
616
00:31:31,867 --> 00:31:34,633
IS MORE THAN 10 TIMES
THAT OF A RED-BELLIED PIRANHA.
617
00:31:34,633 --> 00:31:38,733
SO, IMAGINE HORDES OF THESE
TEARING AT YOUR FLESH...
618
00:31:38,733 --> 00:31:40,900
[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
619
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:44,133
...A VORACIOUS PACK OF TEETH
THAT, IF MY HUNCH IS RIGHT,
620
00:31:44,133 --> 00:31:47,567
COULD EASILY HAVE DISPOSED
OF THE FERRY VICTIMS.
621
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:53,233
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THIS TYPE OF TIGERFISH,
622
00:31:53,233 --> 00:31:54,533
I MEET UP WITH A MAN
623
00:31:54,533 --> 00:31:57,300
WHO HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
CATCHING THEM --
624
00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:01,433
A FISHING GUIDE
NAMED YURI JANSSEN.
625
00:32:01,433 --> 00:32:04,900
PEOPLE TALK A LOT ABOUT
TIGERFISH BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE.
626
00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:07,000
HOW DANGEROUS DO YOU THINK
THEY ARE
627
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,400
TO PEOPLE IN THIS RIVER?
628
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:13,133
THE POTENTIAL IS THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH A SPECIES
629
00:32:13,133 --> 00:32:15,000
THAT IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
630
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,000
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE
FRESHWATER SPECIES IN AFRICA
631
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,600
AND POSSIBLY WORLDWIDE.
632
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,233
IT'S JUST SUCH
AN AGGRESSIVE FISH...
633
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,433
...PARTICULARLY DURING
THE FEEDING FRENZIES
634
00:32:26,433 --> 00:32:28,900
ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CATFISH RUN,
635
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:31,700
WHEN TIGERS GET TOGETHER
AND SHOAL
636
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:35,567
AND ACTUALLY FEED AS A UNIT
RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY.
637
00:32:35,567 --> 00:32:37,900
THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE LEAD
I'M AFTER --
638
00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:39,967
A SPECTACULAR PHENOMENON
THAT OCCURS
639
00:32:39,967 --> 00:32:43,033
AT ONE SPECIFIC TIME
OF THE YEAR HERE IN THE DELTA
640
00:32:43,033 --> 00:32:48,067
THAT YURI BELIEVES INCITES
THE TIGERFISH TO HUNT IN PACKS.
641
00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:50,267
IT'S CALLED THE CATFISH
OR BARBEL RUN,
642
00:32:50,267 --> 00:32:51,800
AND THIS OCCURS
643
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,200
WHEN THOUSANDS OF CATFISH
PREY ON MILLIONS OF BAITFISH.
644
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,767
THIS HUNT, IN TURN,
645
00:32:56,767 --> 00:33:00,867
ATTRACTS PACKS OF TIGERFISH
TO FEED IN A PREDATORY FRENZY.
646
00:33:00,867 --> 00:33:03,700
MAYBE THIS IS WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN THE REEDS.
647
00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:07,367
AS SOON AS THAT NOISE STARTS,
THE TIGERS ARE THERE IN SECONDS.
648
00:33:07,367 --> 00:33:09,633
THEY GO INTO A FEEDING FRENZY
WITH THAT MOUTH OPEN,
649
00:33:09,633 --> 00:33:10,833
AND THEN THEY JUST CHOMP.
650
00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:14,000
YOU SEE BITS OF FISH
BEING THROWN UP IN THE AIR.
651
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,867
IT'S THE MOST BRUTAL THING
YOU'LL EVER WITNESS
652
00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:18,500
FROM A FRESHWATER SPECIES.
653
00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:23,067
TIGERS NATURALLY ARE ATTRACTED
TO ANY ACTIVITY,
654
00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:25,167
WHETHER IT BE
A STRUGGLING ANIMAL
655
00:33:25,167 --> 00:33:27,033
OR A STRUGGLING HUMAN BEING.
656
00:33:27,033 --> 00:33:29,667
DO YOU HAVE ANY -- HAVE YOU
HEARD ANY SPECIFIC STORIES
657
00:33:29,667 --> 00:33:30,733
THAT ILLUSTRATE THAT?
658
00:33:30,733 --> 00:33:32,600
THERE IS ONE
THAT STANDS OUT...
659
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:38,100
AT ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT,
IN A RIVER IN SOUTH AFRICA.
660
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:42,167
AT THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER,
AN OFF-DUTY GAME RANGER
661
00:33:42,167 --> 00:33:45,300
DECIDED TO TAKE A QUICK DIP
IN THE RIVER TO COOL OFF.
662
00:33:48,233 --> 00:33:53,533
A RISKY DECISION, EVEN IF HE
THOUGHT THE AREA WAS CROC-FREE.
663
00:34:00,933 --> 00:34:05,867
BUT CROCODILES ARE NOT THE ONLY
PREDATORS IN THIS WATER.
664
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,400
MY SEARCH FOR PROOF OF THE
TIGERFISH'S DEADLY POTENTIAL
665
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,133
HAS LED ME TO THE STORY
OF A HORRIFIC ATTACK.
666
00:34:30,133 --> 00:34:33,767
HE WAS BRUTALLY MAULED
ALL AROUND THE GROIN AREA.
667
00:34:38,167 --> 00:34:39,700
THE NATURE OF THE WOUND
668
00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:42,067
SUGGESTED IT WAS
A LARGE TIGERFISH.
669
00:34:42,067 --> 00:34:44,100
AAH! OH!
670
00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:46,300
HE ALMOST BLED TO DEATH.
671
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:49,467
THAT JUST SHOWS THE FEROCITY
OF THE TIGERFISH.
672
00:34:49,467 --> 00:34:52,433
ATTRACTED TO ANY KIND
OF MOVEMENT IN WATER,
673
00:34:52,433 --> 00:34:56,767
AND ATTACKING THINGS THAT
MAY NOT RESEMBLE THEIR PREY.
674
00:34:56,767 --> 00:34:59,433
SO, ANOTHER EXAMPLE
675
00:34:59,433 --> 00:35:02,533
OF A TIGERFISH ATTACKING
A HUMAN IN OPEN WATER.
676
00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:05,533
BUT IT'S STILL HUNTING ALONE.
677
00:35:07,267 --> 00:35:10,167
HOWEVER, THESE ACCOUNTS
OF THEM FEEDING IN FRENZIES
678
00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:11,667
DURING THE CATFISH RUN
679
00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:15,233
COULD BE THE PROOF I NEED
THAT THEY DO WORK IN PACKS.
680
00:35:18,467 --> 00:35:21,300
THE NEXT MORNING,
I HEAD DEEPER INTO THE DELTA,
681
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:23,767
SCANNING THE WATER
FOR THE BIRD ACTIVITY
682
00:35:23,767 --> 00:35:28,167
THAT COULD BE THE SIGN
OF TIGERFISH ON THE PROWL.
683
00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:31,233
BUT FINDING A RUN
IS NOT PROVING TO BE THAT EASY.
684
00:35:31,233 --> 00:35:34,800
IT'S A NATURAL PHENOMENON
THAT CAN APPEAR
685
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,467
AND THEN DISAPPEAR
BACK INTO THE REEDS
686
00:35:37,467 --> 00:35:39,767
WITH NO APPARENT WARNING.
687
00:35:41,267 --> 00:35:43,833
AS I'M NOT FINDING ANYTHING
AT WATER LEVEL,
688
00:35:43,833 --> 00:35:49,200
I DECIDE TO SEARCH FOR
THE PREDATORY FISH FROM ABOVE.
689
00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:00,067
LOOKING DOWN ON THE MAZE
OF THE OKAVANGO,
690
00:36:00,067 --> 00:36:02,067
I REALIZE
THAT I'M FINALLY BEGINNING
691
00:36:02,067 --> 00:36:04,067
TO UNLOCK ITS SECRETS.
692
00:36:06,067 --> 00:36:09,333
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
IS CONCENTRATIONS OF BIRDS,
693
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:10,467
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME
694
00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:12,267
THAT IS WHERE THE PREDATORS
ARE GOING TO BE.
695
00:36:12,267 --> 00:36:16,533
FLOCKS OF BIRDS TYPICALLY FEED
ON THE BAITFISH
696
00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:17,900
THAT TRIGGER THE RUN.
697
00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:20,800
I'M COUNTING ON THEM TO LEAD ME
TO THE ACTION.
698
00:36:28,367 --> 00:36:30,233
YES, I CAN SEE THEM.
I CAN SEE THE BIRDS.
699
00:36:33,067 --> 00:36:35,667
THAT IS WHERE I'M GOING
TO PUT MY LINE.
700
00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:42,300
MY HOPE IS THAT, LIKE THE
BIRDS, PACKS OF TIGERFISH
701
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:44,500
WILL BE GOING AFTER
THE BARBEL-CATFISH RUN.
702
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,467
THIS WILL PROVE MY THEORY
703
00:36:46,467 --> 00:36:49,800
THAT THESE TOOTHY KILLERS
DO HUNT TOGETHER
704
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,300
AND COULD BE CAPABLE
705
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:53,633
OF MUTILATING
A BOATLOAD OF PEOPLE.
706
00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:55,000
WELL, HERE ARE THE BIRDS,
707
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,967
BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING
ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.
708
00:36:56,967 --> 00:36:59,367
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE WAITING
FOR SOMETHING.
709
00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:02,133
IT'S LIKE THEY CAN SENSE
SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T.
710
00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:04,567
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE SPOOKY.
SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN.
711
00:37:04,567 --> 00:37:05,967
IT'S NOT HAPPENING YET.
712
00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:21,633
THEN, SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE,
THE CATFISH START ARRIVING.
713
00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:35,533
AN ARMY OF THEM
SCHOOLING TOGETHER
714
00:37:35,533 --> 00:37:38,633
TO HERD THOUSANDS OF BAITFISH
OUT OF THE REEDS,
715
00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:40,267
INTO OPEN WATER,
716
00:37:40,267 --> 00:37:43,467
WHERE THE CATFISH
CAN FEED ON THEM.
717
00:37:43,467 --> 00:37:46,367
THIS IS THE RARE
FRESHWATER SPECTACLE
718
00:37:46,367 --> 00:37:48,200
I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT --
719
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,033
WHAT I'VE SPENT SO LONG
SEARCHING FOR.
720
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,967
BUT I'M NOT HERE
AS A SPECTATOR.
721
00:38:02,667 --> 00:38:04,833
YEAH!
722
00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:08,867
THERE ARE HUNDREDS,
IF NOT THOUSANDS OF THESE.
723
00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:13,033
THIS IS WHAT THE BARBEL RUN
IS ALL ABOUT.
724
00:38:13,033 --> 00:38:14,133
WHOA.
725
00:38:14,133 --> 00:38:16,133
CATFISH -- LOTS OF THEM.
726
00:38:16,133 --> 00:38:19,700
BUT THE CATFISH
AREN'T WHAT I'M AFTER.
727
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:21,467
I'VE BEEN TOLD
THAT ALL THIS COMMOTION
728
00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,367
WILL DRAW IN
THE SECOND WAVE OF PREDATORS --
729
00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:25,933
THE TIGERFISH.
730
00:38:25,933 --> 00:38:30,833
AND BEFORE LONG, I'M WITNESSING
A REAL FEEDING FRENZY.
731
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,267
THIS IS JUST --
THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
732
00:38:35,267 --> 00:38:37,833
THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY
IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
733
00:38:37,833 --> 00:38:39,800
THIS IS A REAL PHENOMENON.
734
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,367
MY GOSH.
735
00:38:48,133 --> 00:38:49,733
AH.
736
00:38:49,733 --> 00:38:50,933
THERE ARE FISH THERE
737
00:38:50,933 --> 00:38:53,033
JUST HOLDING THEIR OPEN MOUTHS
OUT OF THE WATER,
738
00:38:53,033 --> 00:38:55,267
PRESUMING JUST TREADING WATER
WITH THEIR TAILS,
739
00:38:55,267 --> 00:38:56,300
AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING.
740
00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:57,600
AND THE BAITFISH
ARE FLYING IN THE AIR.
741
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,933
SO, PRESUMABLY,
THEY'RE JUST WAITING
742
00:38:58,933 --> 00:39:00,300
FOR THE FISH
TO LAND IN THEIR MOUTHS.
743
00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:01,467
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
744
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,133
THE WATER IS JUST
SO FULL OF FISH
745
00:39:15,133 --> 00:39:17,633
AND JUST IN YOUR EARS, AS WELL.
THE SOUND --
746
00:39:17,633 --> 00:39:19,800
IT'S LIKE THE WATER DOESN'T JUST
LOOK LIKE IT'S BOILING,
747
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:20,867
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT.
748
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,433
I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
749
00:39:25,433 --> 00:39:26,833
TO SEE SUCH A SIGHT
IN FRESHWATER,
750
00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,033
IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.
751
00:39:30,967 --> 00:39:33,633
I NEED TO GET A BAIT
BACK IN THE WATER,
752
00:39:33,633 --> 00:39:35,867
INTO THE MIDDLE
OF THIS CARNAGE,
753
00:39:35,867 --> 00:39:38,533
TO FINALLY PROVE
THAT TIGERFISH ARE HERE,
754
00:39:38,533 --> 00:39:39,700
HUNTING IN PACKS.
755
00:39:42,167 --> 00:39:43,533
FISH ON.
756
00:39:43,533 --> 00:39:47,067
THIS IS WHAT
I CAME HERE TO SEE.
757
00:39:58,667 --> 00:40:00,167
LOOK AT THIS.
758
00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:02,733
I'M AFTER TIGERFISH
IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA,
759
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,967
TRYING TO PROVE THAT THESE FISH
760
00:40:04,967 --> 00:40:09,233
ARE AFRICA'S OVERSIZED VERSION
OF THE PACK-HUNTING PIRANHA.
761
00:40:09,233 --> 00:40:11,700
LOOKS LIKE I'M FINALLY
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM.
762
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:15,033
THIS IS NOT CARNAGE GOING ON
BEHIND THE REEDS
763
00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:17,033
OR IN SOME SORT OF MARSH
WHERE I CAN'T SEE IT.
764
00:40:17,033 --> 00:40:18,400
THIS IS
RIGHT AT THE RIVER'S EDGE,
765
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,967
AND THE PREDATORS ARE JUST
HAMMERING INTO THE BAITFISH.
766
00:40:20,967 --> 00:40:23,433
MY LURE, WHEN IT GOES IN THERE,
AS WELL,
767
00:40:23,433 --> 00:40:25,167
IS GETTING THE SAME TREATMENT.
768
00:40:25,167 --> 00:40:28,567
I'M HOOKING ONE TIGERFISH
AFTER ANOTHER.
769
00:40:30,867 --> 00:40:34,000
THIS IS THE PROOF I'M AFTER.
770
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:35,967
WELL, THIS IS THE FISH.
771
00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:38,867
THIS IS THE FISH, AND THE
EVIDENCE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
772
00:40:38,867 --> 00:40:40,067
IT'S IN MY EARS.
773
00:40:40,067 --> 00:40:41,867
I MEAN, JUST THE SOUND
OF THE FEEDING FRENZY
774
00:40:41,867 --> 00:40:43,100
IS GOING ON AS I HOLD THIS FISH.
775
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,267
SO THIS IS NOT JUST
A SOLITARY HUNTER.
776
00:40:45,267 --> 00:40:47,567
THERE IS A PACK OF THEM
DOWN THERE,
777
00:40:47,567 --> 00:40:48,800
FILLING THE AIR
WITH THE SOUND
778
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:53,433
OF JUST FRENZIED
PREDATORY ACTIVITY.
779
00:40:57,733 --> 00:40:59,400
[ GRUNTS ]
780
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,133
PEOPLE THINK PIRANHAS ARE SCARY.
781
00:41:01,133 --> 00:41:02,800
PIRANHAS ARE JUST A FEW INCHES,
782
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,533
YOU KNOW, MAYBE A POUND,
TWO POUNDS.
783
00:41:06,533 --> 00:41:08,800
BUT A FISH THIS SIZE,
OPERATING IN A PACK --
784
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,500
PRETTY MONSTROUS THOUGHT.
785
00:41:12,533 --> 00:41:14,133
AH, YEAH, YEAH. AH!
786
00:41:14,133 --> 00:41:17,133
THE FACT IS, IF YOU GET A BAIT
IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
787
00:41:17,133 --> 00:41:19,600
JUST THESE THINGS,
ONE AFTER THE OTHER,
788
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,533
WILL JUST PILE INTO IT.
789
00:41:21,533 --> 00:41:24,800
AND I THINK, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THIS IS A VERY LIKELY CANDIDATE
790
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:26,800
FOR WHAT PUT PAID
TO THOSE PEOPLE IN THE FERRY.
791
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,233
[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]
792
00:41:29,233 --> 00:41:31,900
SO, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING
A SOLITARY ANIMAL DOWN THERE.
793
00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,033
WE ARE TALKING A PACK.
794
00:41:33,033 --> 00:41:34,967
WE'RE ALMOST TALKING
A SUPER ORGANISM.
795
00:41:34,967 --> 00:41:37,400
YOU KNOW, THE BIOMASS OF THESE
IN A SMALL VOLUME OF WATER
796
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:38,667
IS QUITE FRIGHTENING.
797
00:41:38,667 --> 00:41:41,100
PIRANHAS, IN COMPARISON,
LOOK QUITE PUNY.
798
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:43,133
WE'VE GOT A PACK OF THESE THINGS
DOWN HERE.
799
00:41:43,133 --> 00:41:46,800
I'VE HEARD FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS
OF THEIR RAW AGGRESSION.
800
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,967
I'VE SEEN
THEIR BRUTAL HARDWARE.
801
00:41:48,967 --> 00:41:51,967
AND BY CATCHING SO MANY
IN QUICK SUCCESSION,
802
00:41:51,967 --> 00:41:55,067
I'VE SHOWN THEY MOST DEFINITELY
HUNT IN PACKS.
803
00:41:55,067 --> 00:41:58,100
I'M LEFT IN NO DOUBT
THAT A FRENZY OF THESE MOUTHS
804
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:01,033
COULD EASILY HAVE DISPOSED
OF THE FERRY VICTIMS.
805
00:42:01,033 --> 00:42:03,167
SO I THINK, BY ANY DEFINITION
AT ALL,
806
00:42:03,167 --> 00:42:05,400
THIS THING
IS A REAL RIVER MONSTER.
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